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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Monday, September 12, 2011

The hot button issue of the day.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-north-carolina-20110912,0,6393616.story

"Legislative instability is an ill inherent in democratic government... Almost all American constitutions have been amended within the lsat thirty years, and so there is no American state which has not modified the basis of its laws within that period." [Tocqueville, p249]

For a Frenchman, Tocqueville seems to have a pretty solid understanding of American politics.
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